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TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 
How to plant roadside trees where there are telephone and telegraph poles. 
placed to advantage, shrubs will produce highly ornamen¬ 
tal effects. Species native to the neighborhood are 
desirable, because of demonstrated suitability to climatic 
and soil conditions. A dwarf-growing tree of shrub-like 
characteristics which is much used for ornamental drive¬ 
ways is the Hawthorn or Thornapple. The boulevard in 
Genesee Valley Park, at Rochester, has been planted with 
this variety for a stretch of two and one-half miles. 
When in bloom the Hawthorn is a plant of rare beauty 
and later in the season, it has the charm of a profusion of 
large, red fruit and dense dark green foliage. 
The location of the rows of trees along a roadway 
must necessarily be determined by local conditions. 
Regard must be had for telephone or telegraph lines and 
the trees should be located in a way that will result in 
the smallest possible interference from wires and poles. 
A 60 foot roadway may be advantageously subdivided 
into a 30 foot drive, with 15 feet on either side for the 
